WEBVTT - Don't wait until after work

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that if you have personal priorities you want

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<v Speaker 1>to fit into your life, don't wait until after work

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<v Speaker 1>is done to do them. This is especially true if

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<v Speaker 1>you work long hours. Doing these things early in the

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<v Speaker 1>day is probably the way to go. I know lots

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<v Speaker 1>of people listening to a show called Before Breakfast likely

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<v Speaker 1>have elaborate morning routines. Sometimes we have these routines because

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<v Speaker 1>we love our mornings. But I was reminded lately how

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<v Speaker 1>if you work long hours, the mornings become truly important

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<v Speaker 1>for feeling like you have a life. As part of

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<v Speaker 1>my media interview talking about the time tracking study I

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<v Speaker 1>did for Big Time, someone asked me about the so

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<v Speaker 1>called nine to nine to six schedule that some tech

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<v Speaker 1>and AI companies we're using. The idea is that you

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<v Speaker 1>work nine to nine six days a week, with all

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<v Speaker 1>those hours being about pushing fast toward your universe, bending

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<v Speaker 1>work or something like that. You know what, I think

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<v Speaker 1>this is a terrible idea. There are massively diminishing returns

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<v Speaker 1>on extra hours over fifty or so. If people are

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<v Speaker 1>at the office seventy two hours a week, they are

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<v Speaker 1>rarely doing seventy two hours of quality work. So I

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<v Speaker 1>made that point. However, it got me to thinking that

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<v Speaker 1>if you are in a situation where you're needing to

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<v Speaker 1>be at the office until nine pm, how you could

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<v Speaker 1>still wrestle back some space for some things in your

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<v Speaker 1>personal life. The key is that you have to use

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<v Speaker 1>your mornings. Now, if you worked from let's say six

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<v Speaker 1>am to six pm, you would probably use the hours

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<v Speaker 1>from six to nine pm each evening to do personal things.

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<v Speaker 1>If you need to be at the office during those times,

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<v Speaker 1>because quitting time is more like nine pm, then you

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<v Speaker 1>can flip this and do the personal things in these

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<v Speaker 1>six to nine am window before work. Now, this requires

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<v Speaker 1>a little creative thinking, and obviously not everything can be

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<v Speaker 1>done early, but perhaps one could exercise, have family breakfast

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<v Speaker 1>or meet a friend for breakfast, do a little reading

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<v Speaker 1>or creative work, and then get to work around nine.

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<v Speaker 1>In particular, if you happen to have this schedule, you

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<v Speaker 1>would not want to wait until after work to try

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<v Speaker 1>to do exercise, socialization, or creative work. You would just

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<v Speaker 1>be too tired. I wouldn't have the energy after a

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<v Speaker 1>twelve hour work day to make space for these things,

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<v Speaker 1>they would need to happen first, even without extreme hours,

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's wisdom to the idea of not waiting

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<v Speaker 1>until after work. I have had some success with exercising

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<v Speaker 1>in the evenings these days, but even so I have

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<v Speaker 1>to talk myself into it. If you have a harder

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<v Speaker 1>time talking yourself into it, then mornings are the way

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<v Speaker 1>to go. I can do relaxed leisure time activities like

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<v Speaker 1>puzzles and reading in the evening, but I almost never

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<v Speaker 1>write in the evening. My creative stuff generally has to

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<v Speaker 1>happen earlier in the day. If I am getting together

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<v Speaker 1>with friends during the week, I am generally doing this

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<v Speaker 1>as a walk in the mornings, because after work it

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<v Speaker 1>will run into all the family stuff that has to

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<v Speaker 1>happen wait until after work, and the odds that one

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<v Speaker 1>person has to cancel because of something that came up

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<v Speaker 1>go up a lot. Now, doing things in the morning

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<v Speaker 1>requires some intention. It is easier just to think of

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<v Speaker 1>the morning as time for getting ready for the day,

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<v Speaker 1>but particularly if you do tend to start work more

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<v Speaker 1>like at nine am versus earlier, there is a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of space before that that can be used if you want.

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<v Speaker 1>By using this time, you might increase the chances that

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<v Speaker 1>the good stuff happens. Waiting until after work means all

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<v Speaker 1>of that is less likely. So if you want personal

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<v Speaker 1>time in your life and you do wind up working late,

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<v Speaker 1>using the time before Breakfast can make you feel like,

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<v Speaker 1>however many hours you are working, you do still have

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<v Speaker 1>a life in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here to making the most of our time. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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